Malala Yousafzai Quotes
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I don't have any problem with being the guy whose album people put on when they're feeling sad.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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Enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing little things well.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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Flipping through the 'Toronto Star' one day in 2008, I noticed a piece about a phenomenal boxer from the Philippines who had won several different titles in several different weight divisions. Manny Pacquiao's rise from heart-crushing poverty to the top ranks of his sport was astounding.
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Delaying and withholding tactics, red herrings, partial and doubtful outcomes are stock in trade for fiction writers, especially crime writers.
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My mother is an ordained minister. I'm a Muslim. She didn't do back flips when I called her to tell her I converted 17 years ago. But I tell you now, you put things to the side, and I'm able to see her, and she's able to see me. We love each other. The love has grown.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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You can imagine me as a kid growing up in redneck Texas with ballet shoes, tucking the violin under my arm. I had to fight my way up.
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The game is never over. No matter what the scoreboard reads or what the referee says, it doesn't end when you come off the court.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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I'm not a Man U fan at all, but I can't get enough of Rooney. What a joy to watch!
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I did an 'Our Town' in San Diego in the seventies with amateurs that I can tear up just thinking about.
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I would wish for any one of my colleagues to have the experience of working with Martin Scorsese once in their lifetime.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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I am a good and interested mother - which has surprised me.
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I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
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It seems to me if you want something badly enough, whether you're a man or a woman, you'll do whatever you have to do to get it.
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Any talk of me engaging in a conspiracy against Pakistan is completely baseless.
